More Jack Whyte

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I have now just about caught up with Jack Whyte and his Camulod series.
I've finshed:

The Sorcerer: The Fort at River's Bend
The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis

These volumes take the main line of the story right up to the coronation of Arthur, and the eve of his first major battle against the Saxons. Whyte is still managing to follow the essence of the myths but make them appear historically possible.

I've also read the two "companion" volumes:

Uther
Clothair the Frank

The first volume parallels the main line of the story, which is told by Merlin. It begins with the childhood and youth of both Merlin and Uther, cousins, one of them destined to inherit the command of the romano-British community of Camulod and the other to inherit the kingship of the Welsh nation of Pendragon, and ends with the death of Uther, hard on the heels of the birth of his illegitimate son Arthur to Igraine, daughter of Irish kings and wife to Gulrys Lot of cornwall.

The second volume is the early story of Lancelot - again, it attempts to be historically plausible while keeping to the essence of the story of Lancelot. Here, Lancelot's name is Clothair, and he is of Frankish descent. He gains his nickname, the Lancer, from a young girl who, all unknown to both of them, will grow up to be Arthur's queen. Clothair's story ends with his first meeting with Arthur, shortly after the battle that, in the main line of the story, has yet to unfold.

Now all the pieces are in place for the tale of King Arthur. I can hardly wait to see how Whyte is going to handle what is still to come.